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Chelsea v Brighton

Sunday, 30 August 2026, 13:00 · Gameweek 2 · 2026/27
Chelsea3.83 xG
43
Brighton1.79 xG

How it went

0.00.51.01.545′90′
Chelsea 1.38Brighton 0.04A filled mark is a goal
  1. 3′Romeo Lavia0.64 xG chance
  2. 13′Pedro Neto0.60 xG chance
  3. 31′João Pedro0.00 xG chance
  4. 34′Malick Yalcouyé0.00 xG chance
  5. 73′Cole Palmer0.00 xG chance
  6. 95′Pascal Groß0.00 xG chance

One goal was an own goal, counted in the attacking side’s chances rather than listed above.

Chelsea 18 shots

Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Chelsea, Chelsea v Brighton, 17 shots in the final 35m, 4 scored.

Brighton 15 shots

Opponent goalLeftRight
GoalNo goalMark area is the chance’s expected goals

Brighton, Chelsea v Brighton, 15 shots in the final 35m, 2 scored.

The chances that got away

  • 0.13João Pedro, 3' for Chelsea, set up by Pedro Neto
  • 0.04Maxim De Cuyper, 23' for Brighton, set up by Charalampos Kostoulas
  • 0.00João Pedro, 24' for Chelsea, set up by Pedro Neto

Where they stood

MartinezLacroixFofanaColwillLaviaGustoHatoPalmerNetoPedroRogers
Chelsea held a line 35m deep, from 35m to 70m. The dot grows with touches.
VerbruggenDunkVuskovicWiefferBoscagliKadiogluGroßGómezCuyperYalcouyéKostoulas
Brighton held a line 30m deep, from 38m to 67m. The dot grows with touches.

Each starter at the average of every touch they took. An average is the one thing a single match gives reliably, so this is a shape rather than a heat map: it shows a full-back who spent the match as a winger, not how much ground anybody covered.

The match, in figures

ChelseaMeasureBrighton
4Goals3
3.83Expected goals1.79
3.83Non-penalty xG1.79
2.55Expected pointswhat those chances are worth, out of three0.34
3Half time1
17Shots15
6On target6
4Corners7
28.0Passes allowed per defensive actionlower is a higher press4.2
13Deep entriespasses completed within 20 metres of goal7
6Fouls12
1YCards3Y

Before kickoff the bookmakers’ closing prices made it 1.83 Chelsea, 3.83 the draw, 3.89 Brighton, which is a 55, 26 and 26 percent chance each way before the margin. Referee: M Oliver.